Cheese-press



J. GORA.

CHEESE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED oc 12. 1920.

Patented Se t; 27,1921.

UNITED STATES JOHN GORA, OF JOHNSONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHEESE-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2'7, 1921.

Application filed October 12, 1920. Serial No. 416,502.

To all whom it may concern:

e it known that I, JOHN GoRA, a citizen of Poland, residing at Johnsonburg, county of Elk, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its object to provide a cheese press in which the curd or casein is separated from the whey and other watery substances.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a press of this character which is extremely simple and therefore inexpensive in its construction and which can be conveniently operated even by a child.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view upon a cheese press constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lower board of the press.

The press comprises a lower board 10 supported by the legs 11 and provided at its upper face with a groove 12 ending at its pointed end in a straight channel 13. To both sides of this channel 13 guide pieces 14 and 15 are provided which are connected near their upper ends by a cross-piece 16 under which the tail-piece 17 of the upper board 18 fits. At the opposite end, the lower board carries a block 19 in which a socket 20, provided with inner screw threads, is held which is adapted to receive the lower screw threaded end of a bolt 21, to the upper end of which a hand wheel 22 is secured adapted to presswith its lower collar 23 against the upper face of the upper board 18 of the press. The body of curd or case-in 24 is brought under the board 18 in a bag of thin material for instance cheese cloth 25, and when then a pressure is exerted upon the bag by; gradually screwing the hand wheel down against the upper board, the

whey orother liquids contained in the casein will be separated therefrom and flow oil? through the groove 12, and the channel 13 connected therewith, as indicated at 26 in Fig. 2. It will be clear that changes may be made n the general arrangement of my press and 1n the construction of the minor details thereof, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is--- A cheese press of the character described comprising two presser boards, a reduced tail end on the upper board, the lower board provided with a roove in its upper face for the removal of the liquid, four legs secured to said lower board, two guide pieces on the lower board connected by a cross-piece near their upper ends providing a means for removably holding the tail piece of the upper board under the cross-piece, a screw-socket on the opposite end of the lower board, a screw bolt resting with its lower end in said socket, and a hand wheel upon the upper end of said screw bolt above the upper board resting with a collar against the upper face of said upper board, substantially as de scribed and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

JOHN GORA. 

